Hi,

Is there a command one can issue to check if the kernel supports a
certain feature ?

Let's say, for instance, Appletalk, or NTFS.
Whatever...

Warm Regards,
M=E1rio Gamito
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M=E1rio Gamito <lists [at] tuxdoit.com> wrote:
> Is there a command one can issue to check if the kernel supports a
> certain feature ?

something like "make tests"? ;)

not really, one has to actually try to use the feature in question to
determine if the kernel supports it correctly.

And it further depends on the type of kernel, a monolithic one or the
ordinary module kernel. If the latter is the case you could check if
the feature's module is loaded, but ... that's by no means a
guarantee for that the feature will work. May also depend on the
distro you are using, among other stuff.

Rule of thumb: You have to stress-test it

Anything specific you are looking for?

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Hi Markus,

> Rule of thumb: You have to stress-test it
>
> Anything specific you are looking for?
Checking for AppleTalk monolithic support would be nice :)

>
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Aren't we all ;-) ?

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M=E1rio Gamito <lists [at] tuxdoit.com> wrote:
> > Rule of thumb: You have to stress-test it
> >
> > Anything specific you are looking for?
> Checking for AppleTalk monolithic support would be nice :)

Hm. Haven't played with that one yet, but what about some script you
run at some time (end) of the boot process? As far as I know,
AppleTalk's purpose was to allow multiple users to share resources.
Check for those; if it works, go ahead, do your stuff, if not well,
time for plan B. I use that kind of approach (feature is present, but
its usability is the point) on my laptop when I connect to my LAN to
check for the presence of backup servers (-> NFS)


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> Aren't we all ;-) ?

As it should be; users better have a backup ;)

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If it is 2.6 and it has .config.gz support then you can just extract
the config from /proc, load it in a new kernel and run make menuconfig
to check out whats included.

On 4/16/05, markus reichelt <ml [at] bitfalle.org> wrote:
> M=E1rio Gamito <lists [at] tuxdoit.com> wrote:
> > > Rule of thumb: You have to stress-test it
> > >
> > > Anything specific you are looking for?
> > Checking for AppleTalk monolithic support would be nice :)
>
> Hm. Haven't played with that one yet, but what about some script you
> run at some time (end) of the boot process? As far as I know,
> AppleTalk's purpose was to allow multiple users to share resources.
> Check for those; if it works, go ahead, do your stuff, if not well,
> time for plan B. I use that kind of approach (feature is present, but
> its usability is the point) on my laptop when I connect to my LAN to
> check for the presence of backup servers (-> NFS)
>
>
> > > --
> > > Bastard Administrator in $hell
> > Aren't we all ;-) ?
>
> As it should be; users better have a backup ;)
>
> --
> Bastard Administrator in $hell
>
>
>
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